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Speed, Ulysses Grant,
Portrait male -- Holly, Buddy
Performing Arts -- Music
Performing Arts -- Music
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Lubbock
Sculpture
Buddy Holly, (sculpture).
Artist:
Speed, Ulysses Grant, 1930- , sculptor.
Title:
Buddy Holly, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1979.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 8 ft. x 2 ft. x 12 in.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 4 ft. x 12 in.
Description:
Standing figure of Buddy Holly playing his guitar. He wears trousers, a suit jacket and tie and heavy rimmed glasses.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Holly, Buddy -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Music -- Voice
Performing Arts -- Music -- Guitar
Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Lubbock
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Lubbock, Parks and Recreation, 916 Texas Avenue, Lubbock, Texas 79401
Located Lubbock Civic Center Complex, 8th street & Avenue Q, Main entrance, Lubbock, Texas 79401
Remarks:
Sculpture commemorates Texas native Buddy Holly (1936-1959). Nearby plaque reads: Buddy Holly/1936-1959/Buddy Holly contributed to the music heritage of not only west Texas but the entire world as a musician and composer. It is significant that this first plaque on the "Walk of Fame" bear his name. The citizens of Lubbock pay tribute to honor their native son. Inducted into the "Walk of Fame"-1979. IAS files contain transcription of text on additional nearby plaque.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS TX000476
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000476
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